Rock River Woolen Mills

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 10, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 322 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of ROCK RIVER WOOLEN MILLS and TExTILE WORKERS
UNION OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-1615
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
.February 10, 1940
On December 28, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted after fifteen (15) days but not
later than thirty (30) days from the date, of the Direction among all
production and maintenance employees of Rock River Woolen Mills,
Janesville, Wisconsin, excluding supervisory and clerical employees
and employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to
determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Local 207,
Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with C. I. 0., for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, the election by secret ballot was held on
January 26, 1940, at Janesville, Wisconsin, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Twelfth Region. On
January 29, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
an Election Report containing a tally of the ballots. In his Report
the Regional Director certified that the ballot was fairly and impar-
tially conducted, that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted
under his supervision, and that statements to such effect had been filed
with him by the observers.
1 18 N. L. It. B. 828.
20 N. L . R. B., No. 32.
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ROCK RIVER WOOLEN MILLS 323
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1. Number of Employees Eligible to Vote--------------------- 236
2. Total Number of Ballots Cast------------------------------ 236
3. Number of Votes Counted --------------------------------- 236
4. Number of Votes FOR the Textile Workers Union of America,
Local 207, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations------------------------------------------------- 107
5. Number of Votes AGAINST the Textile Workers Union of
America, Local 207, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations-------------------------------------- 129
6. Number of Blank Ballots---------------------------------- 0
7. Number of Void Ballots----------------------------------- 0
8. Number of Challenged Ballots----------------------------- 0
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
'The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the
appropriate unit. The petition of Textile Workers Union of America,
affiliated with Congress of Industrial Organizations, for investigation
and certification of representatives of employees of Rock River Woolen
Mills will, therefore, be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449 , and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
it is hereby
ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certification of rep-
resentatives of employees of Rock River Woolen Mills, Janesville,
Wisconsin , filed by Textile Workers Union of America , affiliated with
Congress of Industrial Organizations, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.